I think it makes more of a difference when the plant is finishing in mid to late September when it is still hot and dry! Less of a difference when they are finishing in November when it is cool and more humid!
Earlier today I watched a video with Bruce Bugbee. He said to keep the lights on.
Exactly. My thoughts are plants need to photosynthesize to do anything at all and 5 days is not long enough to revert them back to veg or grow balls.
I haven't denied water. I just harvest on the day the plant would normally be watered — or maybe a day or two later. The roots hold a lot of water, so it's hard to say how dry the buds would be. The flower buds are the priority for the plant, so it will give everything it has to keep them going.
Your more than likely right. I don't hang long anyway...maybe 5 days...then I remove big leaves and lay the branches in a tote for a week or so before trimming and jarring. This method gives me the best taste/smell of any that I have tried. I even put freshly cut branches in a wine fridge before and of course I lost all smell but the smoke was excellent.
I mentioned Bruce Bugbee's comments in a previous post. He didn't mention water deprivation, but I think there are similarities. I'm not good at remembering exactly what people say, but it had to do with stopping growth processes, which both water and light deprivation would do. He couldn't imagine how that would be helpful. I'll go through my youtube history to see if I can find the video.
I agree.
You're not alone there.
I definitely don't expect any trichome production or even maturing, what I am after is less water in the plant at chop. As an organic grower, it's vital to retain moisture in the soil...no dry backs between watering. Otherwise the life processes in the soil get interrupted. But this soil was made by my daughter in law and she grew 2 cycles from it and I grew 1. I'm not sure she followed my directions when she mixed it so I am dumping it and starting from scratch. I have 2 other Earthboxes that I mixed are getting ready for their 6th cycle and still going strong.
That hasn't worked well for me.
I use the same one from Bloom City. Just once or twice per grow.
My worms leave if I let it get too dry. And I like my worms.
Terpenes are created from photosynthesis. There is no photosynthesis without light. 4 or 5 days of straight will not revert my plant or make it grow pollen sacs and denying water may speed drying. I'm moving in two weeks.
They don't recuperate during their night. They keep growing by using nutritional energy that was stored in the roots during the day.